Some news and notes from the Capitals practice at KCI with just under four hours to go until the NHL trade deadline at 3 p.m.:

--Semyon Varlamov is not on the ice with the team this morning. He's officially listed by the Capitals as day-to-day with an undisclosed injury but that ailment is believed to be a knee problem.

Michal Neuvirth and Jared DeMichiel are the goaltenders on the ice for practice today. According to a team spokesman, DeMichiel has not been officially recalled and is only in Washington to serve as a second goaltender for the workout.

--David Steckel did leave practice and went off to the Capitals' dressing room.

--Veteran left wing Marco Sturm, who was picked up off of waivers on Saturday, is on the ice and wearing No. 18. He's skating on the second line with Marcus Johansson and Alexander Semin. The full line combinations are listed below.

--Tom Poti (groin) skated on his own and remained on the ice for the first 20 minutes of practice with the team until the contact drills began. Poti hasn't taken part in a full practice in quite some time.

Meanwhile, Eric Fehr (shoulder) has remained on the ice for practice.

--D.J. King is skating and we will know at noon if he was picked up off of waivers.

--Mike Green is still at home in Calgary for his grandmother's funeral, according to a team spokesman.

--The players have changed jerseys throughout practice, as is a regular occurrence, but here are the lines that the workout began with:

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Posted by: fanohock1 | February 28, 2011 10:43 AM | Report abuse

I think this is an example of what tominsocal would say is "the pot calling the kettle black." I merely responded to your post that insinuated I, and a few others, "pee on this blog." That was unwarranted and uncalled for. I don't take, or try to make, anything here personal. Are you just upset that I one-upped you......again?

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